Head of the Gomselmash workshop.
On September 8, 2023, an appeal hearing was held, and the verdict came into force.
unknown years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
He was convicted of tearing three state flags of Belarus from an educational institution, a shopping center and a post office.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
Former accountant of the Minsk Electrotechnical Plant named after Vavilov . The trial began on May 19 and was held behind closed doors, so there is little information about the nature of the charges . It is known that Anna was fired from her job after the "People's Ultimatum" in 2020, then she sued the company for illegal dismissal.
5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
At the end of October 2022, six men were detained in Minsk for allegedly hanging a sewn white-red-white flag along with the flag of Ukraine on power line supports in Minsk on October 7. These are Igor Tepteev, Yuri Nesterenko, Victor Grinko, Valery Balabeshko, Vladimir Savelyev, Igor Tikach. Only the next day a post appeared on Anton Mot’s Telegram channel with a photo of the flag and the caption: “Minsk residents congratulate the Ukrainian people on the wonderful news from the Crimean bridge. Crime is Ukraine! Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!”
Tepteev said in the pro-government film that he has known the other defendants in the case since childhood. According to Igor, he did not think that there would be criminal liability for hanging flags. The flag was made back in March, Igor kept it at home for a long time, and then gave it to Yuri.
According to propagandist Gladkaya, Igor’s wife was forced to leave Belarus due to persecution for the events of 2020. Now she is in Poland, and the man with small children is in Belarus.
On September 14, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
3.5 years imprisonment in a colony
On August 15, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict has entered into force.
the years of imprisonment in the colony are unknown.
Safanovich was accused of writing messages in a telegram chat on October 25, 2020 calling for road closures. According to the prosecution and the court, in the first message, Safanovich "called for active participation in group actions in the Luninets district, grossly violating public order" , i.e. Safanovich allegedly committed a crime under part 1 of article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Safanovich was also accused under part 1 of article 367 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, i.e. in public slander against Lukashenka. As follows from the article of the state publication, Safanovich wrote a second message in the same chat on August 13, 2020, under a photo with a tearful woman who left Akrestin. The caption for the video was as follows : “Confession of a Belarusian girl who was in the dungeons of Lukashenka's Gestapo. Do I understand correctly that Lukashenka became the second after Hitler who attacked the people of Belarus?”
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Yuri worked in the Lida security department as a policeman, retired and worked there in the guards. He was forced to resign from the guard after the information about the insult passed. They arrested him at work, he was already working in the security of the Euroopt store at that time. A wonderful sportsman-master of sports in shooting, has three children.
According to the materials of the prosecution, on his personal page on the Odnoklassniki social network, showing a negative attitude towards the election campaign and the results of the presidential election, Tsarevich posted a repost containing information slandering Lukashenka. After that, he also posted this information on Telegram - in the channels "Krynitsa-Chat" and "Ikhtiandry".
3 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution.
The man was accused of leaving an insulting comment in the direction of Lukashenka on the social network Vkontakte, in which he accused the politician of committing a crime against humanity and an act of terrorism. Until the trial, Vadim was held in custody. He fully admitted his guilt and repented of his deed.
Vadim has a secondary special education, worked as a welder.
1.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under the general regime.
Evgeniy is 40 years old, he graduated from the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs more than 15 years ago and managed to work as a district police officer, but quit of his own free will. Later, Alexey moved to IT. Subsequently, he lived in Europe, in Italy, for some time. He was detained while trying to enter Belarus - the man wanted to come to his mother's birthday and issue a power of attorney. A criminal case has reportedly been opened against Evgeniy Tikhonov for comments in a telegram about security forces and Lukashenko under three articles.
On June 28, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
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According to the prosecution, on December 31, 2022, he posted a comment on the Vkontakte social network in a closed public chat under a graphic image of Lukashenka, in which there is a negative assessment in an obscene form. The content of the commentary is unknown to human rights defenders.
Vladimir Khmura fully admitted his guilt at the hearing, refused to testify. Before the trial, Khmura was under house arrest.
2 years of restriction of liberty with referral to an open correctional institution.
Detained for participating in 2020 protests.
In June 2023, it became known that an additional charge was brought under Article 361-2 for one donat of 10 USD. to the fund, which was later recognized by the court as extremist.
The court made a decision in the form of 3 years of imprisonment, but the appeal court replaced the imprisonment with restriction of liberty with direction.
3 years of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility.
Inhabitant of Baranovichi. He was arrested in mid-February 2023. The man was charged with the fact that on March 8, 2021 on Instagram he posted a story “with the face of Lukashenka in a female guise” and the text: “Since March 8, daragia of a woman. The cruelest health and only pleasant ashchushcheny. For this, they were accused of publicly insulting Lukashenka.
Vladislav was also accused of sending videos and texts to the Nexta editorial chatbot several times (for example, videos of Russian military aircraft and trains with Russian military). This was qualified as "other assistance to extremist activity" under Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code.
On September 05, 2023, the appeal court hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
4 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
On April 23, 2024, Dmitry will have a trial to replace the regime with a more strict one; he will most likely be sent to a colony.
2 years of restriction of freedom with referral to an open institution.
7 years of imprisonment in a colony
Dmitry was charged under three articles of the Criminal Code for telegram comments about A. Lukashenko, Natalia Kachanova and Russians. About this verdict, a video was released by state TV. There, the prosecutor tells the essence of the accusation, that “an insult on a national basis” was written about the Russians.
3 years in prison in a penal colony.
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